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Elected Officials, Community Leaders, Registered Nurses and Healthcare Workers demand Montefiore Health System not close Mount Vernon Hospital

October 25, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2019 Contact: Halimah Elmariah, helmariah@kivvit.com, 201.290.9753 Mount Vernon, NY – Elected officials, community leaders, registered nurses and healthcare workers hosted a town hall Thursday night at Grace Baptist Church protesting the closure of Mount Vernon

Rally to save the Allen Hospital’s psychiatric unit and the community’s mental healthcare

July 11, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2019 Contact: Karina Aybar | saveallenpsych@gmail.com | 347-977-4785 New York, NY - On Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 6PM, community members will gather outside the Allen Hospital in Inwood to protest NewYork-Presbyterian’s plans to shut down the Allen’s inpatient

NYSNA Statement on NYU Abandoning Brooklyn Patients

September 19, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 NYSNA nurses at LICH, alongside 1199SEIU caregivers, doctors, patients and elected leaders, have fought tirelessly for two years to protect care for their patients -- even getting arrested to keep our beloved hospital open for care. Instead of welcoming

Full-Service Hospital Bidder Begins Negotiations with SUNY to Take Over LICH

April 03, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 03, 2014 Contact: NYSNA - Eliza Bates, 917-565-2976, eliza.bates@nysna.org 1199SEIU - Amanda Torres Price, 917-886-9311, amandatorresprice@1199.org (New York, NY) SUNY announced today that they will enter into negotiations on transferring ownership of LICH to

Public Hospital Dialysis Patients Win On Quality Care; For-Profit Chain Set Back

March 20, 2014

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, 917-405-1060 (New York, NY) The state has removed the application of Big Apple Dialysis Management, LLC from the agenda of the scheduled March 27 th meeting of the NYS Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning

Joint Statement by Community, Patients, Nurses, Doctors, Caregivers on Tentative LICH Agreement

February 21, 2014

Contact: Eliza Bates, NYSNA, 917-565-2976 Amanda Torres Price, 1199SEIU, 917-886-9311 Jeff Strabone, Cobble Hill Association, 347-407-1012 Dr. Toomas Sorra, Concerned Physicians, 917-435-2672 Brooklyn, NY- The New York State Nurses Association, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Concerned

NYSNA Nurses Rally to End Healthcare Disparities for New York’s Most Vulnerable Patients

February 15, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 15, 2014 CONTACT: Eliza Bates, eliza.bates@nysna.org, 917-565-2976 or Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917-405-1060 (Albany, NY) NYSNA nurses from across New York State gathered on Saturday, Feb. 15, for a rally to end healthcare inequalities and the ‘Tale of Two